Poultry feeder



Apr. 3, 1923. 1,450,175

W. E. HONSINGER POULTRY FEEDER Original Filed Apr. '7, 1921 fnvenfar'l Patented Apr. 3, 1923.

U HTE I STAT POULTRY FEEDER.

Application filed April 7, 1921, Serial No. 459,434. Renewed February 23, 1923.

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. HON- SINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Round Lake,-in the county of Saratoga and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Poultry Feeders, of which the following is a specification.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

The principal object of the invention is to provide means for catching the waste from a poultry-feeder, and whereby the waste can be readily returned to the feeder.

Other objects will appear in connection with the following description.

Fig. 1 of the drawings is a central vertical section of the feeder.

Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the waste-tray detached.

Referring to the drawingswherein the invention is shown in preferred form, 1 is a feed-tray adapted to besupp-lied by a feed magazine, 2, upon the lower end of which magazine the feed-tray is supported by means of brackets, 3.

The magazine communicates with the central portion of the tray; and to facilitate the distribution of the feed from the magazine to'the tray the tray is provided with a cone, 4:,which extends upwardly within the magazine, whereby the feed will be deflected outwardly in all directions into the feed-tray.

The magazine, 2, is preferably slightly upwardly tapered to prevent the feed from clogging within the magazine.

A bail, 6, is attached to the upper end of the magazine whereby. the feeder can be supported through the magazine and bail upon a hook, 5, or the like.

A waste-tray, 7, circumferentially surrounds and extends beneath the feed-tray in position to catch. and retain any feed which may be pushed over the edge of the feed-tray.

A plurality of spring-hooks, 8, preferably three in number, are mounted upon the Waste-tray in position to embrace the circumferential portion of the feed-tray, whereby the waste-tray is releasab-ly supported by the feed-tray and indirectlyby the magazine and bail.

The hooks, 8, preferably have outwardly flaring ends, '9, leading to seating notches, 10, adapted to receive the circumferential portion ofthe feed-tray. v

The hooks are thus caused to automati cally interlock with the feed-tray by simply pushing the feed-tray within the waste-tray between the hooks. I

The bottom of the waste-tray is preferably made conical as shown, thereby affords ing a convenient support for. attachment of the lower ends of the spring-hooks, '8, whereby the hooks can be properly located with respect to the dimensions of the feedtray, and can be provided'with sufficiently long shanks, ll, to'permit the hooks to readily yield as the feed-tray is forced down between them in making the automatic interlocking.

The operation of the device is as follows:

v The magazine being supplied with feed, the feeder is suspended by the bail, 6, from any convenient support as the hook, 5, so located that the feed-tray is accessible to the fowls, the waste-tray. being mounted upon and supported by the feed-tray as The waste-tray can then be replaced by mount-ed thereupon; a Waste-tray circumferentlaliy surrounding and extending beneath the feeehti ay; and members permanently attaehed to the Waste-tray having springhooks releasably engageable with the feedtray.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of April, 1921.

WILLIAM E. HONSINGER. 

